Fandom with Sheena Patel
Literary Friction
I Love Ambivalence
Octavia Butler talks to Shina Patel about her new graphic novel 12% dread by Emily McGovern. The story of two 20 something women living in a tiny north London room set 10 minutes in the future. Author says she was interested in exploring ambivalence because that's much closer to us than love even or obsession. "Ambivalence is so familiar to us it's almost painful to talk about it"
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